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NTTED STATES WATCH-KEY, TOOTHPICK,

PATENT OFFICE.

AND TOGGLE COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 52,687, dated February20, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD CROSS, ot' Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Watch-Key, Toothpick, and Toggle; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a f'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecilication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2isa longitudinal section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the toothpickand Watchkey disconnected from the toggle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in combining, with a watch-chain toggle, awatch-key and a toothpickin such manner that each feature shall beperfect in every respect, as will be presently described.

A designates the toggle, and it is made hollow, so as to form a socketin which to insert the other part, which latter consists of a Watchkey,B, and a toothpick, C. This latter part has its middle portion of a sizeto lit snugly into the mouth of the toggle A, and it carries a pin orstop, a, on one ot' its sides, which sinks into a recess, b, in thetoggle A, to prevent the key turning when using the device as aWatch-key.

The end B answers the purpose ot' a Watchkey, and it is intended to forma part of the toggle.

The end C is the toothpick, and it is intended to be kept incased in thesocket or toggle A, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus the part B C can bedetached from the part A whenever desired, and a toothpick will alwaysbe handy and will be kept from being damaged.

When the article is to be used as a watchkey it is not necessary toseparate the two parts.

The ferrule c permits the key to be turned Without entnngling theWatch-chain or the like.

This is a 4very neat and convenient article, and it answers the triplepurpose ot' a watchkey, a toothpick, and a toggle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ot" a watch-key, toggle, and tootbpick, substantially asshown and described.

RICHARD CROSS.

Witnesses:

Z. C. RENNIG, WM. H. HOPKINS.

